What Educators will Learn
Objectives
Understand the structure and purpose of the WIDA 2020 Standards Framework, including its key components: Language Expectations, Language Functions, Key Language Uses, and Proficiency Level Descriptors.
Recognize how the WIDA standards support equity and access for multilingual learners across all content areas.
Develop strategies for integrating the WIDA Standards into curriculum planning, instruction, and assessment to support both language development and content learning.
Key Outcomes
A clear understanding of how the WIDA 2020 Standards align with classroom instruction and student needs.
Practical tools for incorporating functional language into lessons across subject areas.
Strategies for designing language-rich activities that build academic and linguistic skills simultaneously.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Dana Gastich French
I have spent the past two decades in education, learning and serving as an ESL and bilingual teacher, instructional coach and district-level administrator. I am truly in my joy when working with educators to hone their craft! I believe that multilingualism is the gold standard for education. Multilingual learners are not students in need of fixing but rather they are a group of learners who are positioned to contribute greatly to society if our pedagogy, curricula and practices reflect a multilingual norm. By updating our practices to reflect a global society, we leverage the assets of MLLs, deepen learning and engagement for students and educators, and contribute to a greater humanity.
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